Certified 2026 St. Catharines Municipal and School Board Election Results

The City Clerk has certified the results of the 2026 Municipal and School Board Elections for St. Catharines.

Eligible voters in St. Catharines cast 32,398 votes for the mayor, city councillors and school board trustees that will serve the community for the next four years. Certified results are as follows:

City Council

Mayor

Mat Siscoe

Ward 1 – Merritton

Matt Aymar

Jackie Lindal

Ward 2 – St. Andrew’s

Bryan Blue

Matt Harris

Ward 3 – St. George’s

Mike Britton

Sal Sorrento

Ward 4 – St. Patrick’s

Robin McPherson

Caleb Ratzlaff

Ward 5 – Grantham

Dawn Dodge

Bill Phillips

Ward 6 – Port Dalhousie

Marty Mako

Bruce Williamson

School Board Trustees

District School Board of Niagara

Kate Baggott

Matthew Bradman

Mike Brousseau

Jonathan Fast

Niagara Catholic District School Board

Ward 1

To be certified by
the Town of Thorold

Ward 2-6

Natalia Benoit

Larry Huibers

Conseil scolaire Viamonde

To be certified by the City of Welland

Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir

Melinda Chartrand – Acclaimed

Election Day was Monday, October 26 and eligible voters cast their ballots at 18 voting locations in six wards across St. Catharines. The City also offered eight advance voting locations from October 6-24 as well as vote by mail.

By certifying the results, the City Clerk officially declares the candidates who received the highest number votes for each office as elected. The election results and statistics report will be posted online on the City's 2026 Election Results webpage.

The 2022-2026 term of office comes to end on November 14, with the final Council meeting of the term taking place on Monday, Nov. 2.

The 2026-2030 term of office begins Nov. 15, with the new City Council to be sworn in at the Inaugural Council Meeting Monday, November 16 at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. More details to follow: stay up-to-date at stcatharines.ca.

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